Question

2. Approximately 2% of the nation's children (about 1.7 million) have a parent who is in jail or prison. Let X be the number of children that have an incarcerated parent from a random sample of 100 children. (a) Verify that this is a binomial setting by identifying the four criteria in this problem. (b) Describe what P(X = 0) means in context. (c) Find P(X = 0) and P(X = 1). *

Answer 1

2% 2% of the nation's children (about 1.7 million) have a parent who is in jail or prison.